Insect-trap



(N o Model.)

L. M. LONG.

` INSBGT TRAP.

No'. 514,946. Patented -.Feb. zo', y1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.-

'LEWIS M. LONG, OF PORTERsvILLE, CALIFORNIA.

lNSECT-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,946, dated February2o, 1894.

Appunti@ nea Merch 2, 189s. sain No. 464,382. (No model.)

insect traps and it has for its object to pro- Vide a device of thisclass, which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity ofconstruction, as well as inexpensiveness and general efficiency. l

A further point of novelty resides in the peculiarities of constructionand the combinations, arrangements, and adaptation of parts, all as morefully hereinafter described, -shown in the drawings, and thenparticularly vpointed out in the appended claim.

A furthenobject of my invention is to provide a simple device by meansof which insects are prevented from gaining access to tables or hangingobjects.

The invention 4is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letvters of reference marked thereon, foi-1n a part ofthis specification, and in which- Figure` 1 is a vertical section of theimproved device. Fig. 2 represents the manner of using my device.

Reference being had to the above figures A represents a circularreceptacle made of metal orother suitable material the upper extremitiesof the walls of which terminate in the downwardly inclined ange B thusforming the mouth C.

Secured to the bottom D of the receptacle A by means of nut E is the rodF which eX- 'tends vertically upward through the center of thereceptacle A and mouth C, the upper extremity being threaded, thusadapting it to be screwed in the leg of a table or other desiredposition. The lower portion of the rod F terminates in a hook G' bymeans of which 'articles such as provisions can be isolated from theintrusion of insects, as fully shown in Fig. 2.

By the improved construction herein shown and described I am enabled tomanufacture and place on the market a superior article at a verymoderate cost, and thus to meet the demands of the trade.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

-In an insect trap, the combination of a ciry cular metallic receptaclehaving an upper downwardly inclining flange with a central mouth openingand a lower closed bottom,

and a rod secured against the exterior of the bottom vof said receptacleand formed with a lower suspending hook, said rod extending upwardlythrough the said receptacle and the mouth of the latter without touchingthe inner edge of the saidiiange or any part of the receptacle exceptthe bottom of the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

L. M. LONG. Witnesses:

J. E. SHUEY, R. H. MAHAFFEY.

